(19)
(11) EP 1 069 528 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/03

(21) Application number: 00114889.9

(22) Date of filing: 12.07.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06T 1/20, G06T 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.07.1999 US 353673

(71) Applicant: TeraRecon, Inc., A Delaware Corporation
San Mateo, CA 94403 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Correl, Kenneth W.
    Lancaster, MA 01523 (US)
  • Seiler, Larry D.
    Boylston, MA 01505 (US)
  • Shimha, Vikram
    Lexington,MA 02173 (US)
  • Gasparakis, Charidimos E.
    Acton, MA 01720 (US)
  • Lauer, Hugh C.
    Concord, MA 01742 (US)

(74) Representative: Pfenning, Meinig & Partner 
Mozartstrasse 17
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Method and apparatus for mapping samples in a rendering pipeline


(57) A method maps samples in a rendering pipelines. The samples are stored in a sample memory. Each sample has a plurality of fields. A descriptor is stored for each field in a field format register. Each sample is read from the memory into a mapping unit. The fields are extracted from each sample according to the corresponding descriptor, and forwarded in parallel to the rendering pipeline.






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